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The Rotary Club of Fridley and Columbia Heights not meeting at Short Stop Grill today.
 
Meeting Responsibilities for January 9: Sergeant at Arms- Tim Blank. Invocation- Kristen Stuenkel.
January 2, 2019
 
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The breakfast of January 16 will be replaced by a 5:01 gathering at El Tequila Mexican Bar and Grill, 4005 Central Avenue, Columbia Heights. Aperitivos and a round of bebidas on the club.
 
Rotary Clubs 10 & 9 are pleased to welcome 2019-2020 RI President Mark Maloney as speaker and guest of honor at our annual joint Club Meeting on Tuesday, February 5th. Join us for the lunch meeting followed by a Q&A session with President Elect Maloney at the InterContinental Saint Paul Riverfront. Click Here for More Information or to Register:  https://portal.clubrunner.ca/3998/Event/Register/3c284b91-77c2-40c2-9f70-deef89c7ee5f
 
The club and HYF boards are scheduled to meet on Jan. 9 at Fridley Civic Center at 9 a.m.
 
REMINDERS:
The next STRIVE field trip is on January 8 to MCTC in Minneapolis. One or two Rotarians wanted. Contact Steve Klaers 612-599-8103.
 
District 5960 will hold a free Midterm event on Jan. 12 at Anderson Hall, Hamline University, 774 Snelling Avenue N, St. Paul, from 8:30 – 3:00 pm. Lunch provided. Register online at the Rotary District 5960 website.
 
The Suits & Hearts Benefit Gala, a benefit for Rotary’s End Polio Now program, is scheduled for January 19. See suitsandhearts.org for tickets and information.
 
Save the date: “Taste of Fridley”, a fundraiser for the spring Fridley Middle School East Coast Trip, will be held on Friday, March 8, from 6 to 9 pm at Banquets of Minnesota in Fridley.
 
The Lee Carlson Center Chili Cookoff and Beer Tasting will take place on March 1 under a new format in Brooklyn Center, reflecting LCC's expansion to that Hennepin County community. More information to come.
 
“Taste of Fridley”, a fundraiser for the spring Fridley Middle School East Coast Trip, will be held on Friday, March 8, from 6 to 9 pm at Banquets of Minnesota in Fridley.
 
The Alexandra House Hope Gala will take place on March 24. The club board will debate participation at its January 9 meeting
 
The club has a table for 8 at the Fridley Schools Foundation Black & Gold Gala on March 28 at Jax Café. Contact Secretary Bob Tholkes about reserving a place, ph 763-913-4453. Three places remain.
 
Donations are sought for the Metro North Adult Basic Ed winter clothing distribution program in our service area. They will be accepted all through the winter. They can be brought to the breakfast and  given to Kristen Stuenkel.